Kids Fest Jackson will feature bounce houses, obstacle courses, a LEGO building area, a Nerf battle maze, a coloring area, photo ops with characters such as princesses and superheroes, slides, a 50-foot warrior jump course, artwork courses courtesy of local artists, balloon art, tricycle races, a magician, concession areas and more.
In a recent lawsuit, Jackson Mayor Chokwe A. Lumumba asked the Hinds County Chancery Court to declare that the council cannot negotiate a contract nor amend his order for a local emergency, and that he has the prerogative to negotiate emergency contracts and present the same to the council.
Mississippi Black Women’s Roundtable Co-convener and State Lead Cassandra Welchlin said increasing child-support debt for those in prison harms relationships.
When Noxubee County schools closed in March 2020, kindergarten teacher Latoya Chamberlain and other staff helped pass out school lunches at satellite sites across the county. Now, some are wondering if school-based agriculture is a solution for high food insecurity in the majority-Black, rural East Mississippi county. Torsheta Jackson explores how the strategy used elsewhere might work in her home county.
Preliminary data from the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency show considerable damage across the state, including a broken section of fence at the Governor’s Mansion in downtown Jackson.
Local businesses along Farish Street have allowed the Mississippi Museum of Art to install art displays relaying words of wisdom to help guide readers through life lessons.
After a bruising fight between Mississippi’s House and Senate, the Legislature passed a significant income tax-reduction bill on Sunday, doing away with the state’s lower tax bracket and shearing 1% off of the top bracket. The total cut to revenue will amount to $524 million after the plan fully phases in by 2026.
The Social Action Committee of the Jackson (MS) Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. is using public forums to bring community voices together on issues that affect Mississippians. The forums have focused on topics like health equity, redistricting, voter suppression, supporting gender equality and educational disparities and inequalities.
On March 9, 2022, Mayor Chokwe A. Lumumba asked the Hinds County Chancery Court to define the limits of the powers of the Jackson City Council with regards to his declaration of a garbage-disposal emergency.
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